Expository and Narrative Nonfiction

What type of writing tells a story?

• expository
• narrative

What should you do in an expository essay?

• Tell a story
• Persuade people
• Explain like an expert

What is the purpose of an expository writing piece?

• To inform/explain
• To persuade
• To express ideas/feelings
• To entertain

The main form of writing taught in English is ____ writing, in which the student's goal is the explain and describe. 

• Persuasive
• Argumentative
• Expository
• Narrative

Writing that informs or describes

• Expository Text
• Essay
• Fiction
• Description

Expository means...

• informative
• interesting
• descriptive
• delicious

An expository essay is responsible for doing what?

• Convincing
• Persuading
• Narrating
• Explaining

Without this, we wouldn't know what you are talking about...

• Details/Facts

• Exposition

• Thesis/Topic Sentence/Main Idea

• Conclusion

Expository means what?

• telling how you feel

• Informing

• sharing opinions

What comes at the beginning of an expository essay?

• Conclusion
• Detail
• Central Idea
• Introduction